MOGADISHU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Wednesday signed into law a parliament-passed bill introducing the Islamic Sharia law in Somalia as eight people were killed and fifteen others were wounded in fresh fighting that erupted in Mogadishu between government forces and Islamist fighters.
President Ahmed said since Somalia has an Islamic law he sees no reason for the continuation of hostilities in the country where nearly a week of clashes raged between the government forces and allied Islamist fighters from the hardline Al-Shabaab movement and Hezul Islam faction.
The Somali parliament unanimously endorsed the implementation of the Islamic Sharia law in the war-torn country last month.[...]
Meanwhile, the secluded spiritual leader of Al-Shabaab, Sheikh Muqtar Abderrahman Abu Zuhayr, said the fighting in Mogadishu is between "Good and Evil" and urged local people to support his fighters.
Abu Zuhayr, who has never been seen in public and whose whereabouts is unknown, released an 11-minute audio tape to local radio stations in Mogadishu.
"There is no neutrality in this war. Mogadishu residents should support the Mujahedeens because you cannot be neutral when the fight is between Good and Evil," said Abu Zuhayr.
Abu Zuhayr, who is wanted by the U.S. for terrorism, warned local media to be "neutral and not to mislead people", saying if the media cannot tell the truth, it should stop "twisting the truth and misleading the people".
"Fear God and report the facts as they are," Abu Zuhayr added.
He said the media has a duty towards the people, urging it to "take part in the Jihad (holy war)".
"The journalist should observe the efficiency and fairness of his profession and should never spoil the history of Islam and the people and his own," he said.
Spoil the history of islam? Hmmm? You mean terrorism.
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